The atf and acetone mixture seperates quickly. To make it work, you've got
to constantly shake the applicator bottle. Its effectiveness was not at all
remarkable in my experience.
I've wondered which Liquid Wrench was used, as there are several
formulations. I've been very pleased with the "with Teflon" version. It's
every bit as good as Kano's Silikroil. It's top claim to fame, imo, is the
ability to keep a broken free nut or bolt spinning. Many others, like PB
Blaster, will do nothing once the fitting is broken free, letting it rejam
with the rust in the threads. Silikroil, Liquid Wrench with Teflon, and a
few others do a good job of keeping the parts moving freely once they are
broken free.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Mitchell" <dmitchel@sbcglobal.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: [TR] Useful info...penetrating oils and their effectiveness
> Triumphant ones,
>
> I received this from a friend of mine and thought I'd pass
> it along to the list.
> Someone last week was talking about trying to get bolts
> loose. Something
> we all have a problem with.
>
> Doug
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------------------------
>
> The April/May 2007 edition of
> Machinist's Workshop did a test of penetrating
> oils where they measured the
> force required to loosen rusty test devices. Buy
> the issue if you want to see
> how they did the test. The results reported were
> interesting. The lower the
> number of pounds the better. Mighty interesting results
> for simple acetone and
> tranny fluid!
>
> Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounce
> None
> ................. 516 pounds .
> WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25
> PB
> Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35
> Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21
> Kano Kroil ........ 106 pounds .. $0.75
> ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10
> The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."
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